Airport vocabulary

Well, hello there !

I finally came back from my life-changing (for the best) honeymoon and I am back to my writing assignments he he. It has been really hard to come back, especially at work. I arrived in Spain last Sunday and I had to work on Monday and I've been adapting myself during this whole week. My entry today will be about airports, since I recently spent a great deal of time in them. You know, on my way back to Spain, I had to fly from Mexico to New York (4-hour flight), spend 5 hours at JFK airport, and then fly back to Spain (7-hour flight). This is what pushed me to write this entry and I hope you appreciate it, given that I'm sure you all have spent countless hours at the airport and most of the announcements can be read (or heard) in English ! Let's begin :

From : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Airport_symbol.svg

- At the airport : In English 'airport' takes the preposition 'at'

- The plane takes off / departs at 15.30 and lands /arrives at 17.30

- You can get on the plane/airplane/aeroplane or get aboard the plane (vs. get off). You can also board the flight. Before boarding the plane, you have to check the boarding gates. You must also pay attention to  boarding calls and other announcements. 

- A flight can be delayed (for example, one hour later) or cancelled (canceled in American English).

- In the airplane (or aircraft) there are a lot of people to help you : the pilot and the flight attendants. In the past, the flight attendants were called 'air hostesses' or 'stewardesses' but these words have become old-fashioned now. 

From : http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/airport-clipart

- You have to pack your luggage/baggage before travelling. You can also carry hand baggage / carry-on baggage and maybe a handbag. You leave your baggage at the baggage drop-off and then you take it back at the baggage reclaim.

- You put your luggage in a suitcase.

- There are two areas at the airport : 'arrivals'  and 'departures.'

- First, you check-in, then you go through the passport control and then you go through security and  when you arrive at a new country, you normally customs (the place where policemen can ask you some questions and ask you to show your passport.

- To carry all your baggage around the airport, you can use a trolley, which you can use in all the airport terminals. 

From : https://www.pinterest.es/explore/airport-signs/

- At the airport you can find lifts (British) / elevators (American).

- When you want to leave the airport, you need to find the exit or way out

- In the airplane, passengers have to look for their seat, sit down and fasten their seatbelts.

- Some passengers (like me) have connecting flights to get to their final destination.

Well, were you familiar with all this lexis that you can find at the airports. I hope that now from now on you keep you your eyes open at airports to learn even more English vocabulary. If you like my entries on vocabulary, click on this link to discover much more English lexis.

Wedding traditions III : wedding vocabulary

Well, my wedding is here ! To deal with pre-nuptial nerves, I've decided to write another post related to wedding expressions and some lexis related to wedding. I have written a post on the typical wedding parties and another one about the best men and maids of honour. 

- In English, you get married (TO someone) or marry someone. 'Marry' doesn't need the preposition 'with' in English.
- In English 'marriage' refers to the process of getting married (or the action). To refer to the spouses, you use 'married couple'. They are a marrige They are a married couple.

From : https://ro.my.com/forum/thread/588-guide-how-to-get-married-and-love-points/

- A formal word for 'marriage' is 'matrimony'

- Before getting married, the boyfriend usually proposes to the girl and gives an engagement ring saying the words : "Will you marry me ?" and from that moment , they are engaged and they become 'fiancé' and 'fiancée' (from French) or husband-to-be and wife-to-be (future spouses).

- The day of the wedding, before getting married, the woman is the bride  and the man is the groom (or bridegroom). That day, during the reception party, the bride will throw the wedding bouquet. The woman who catches it is said to be the next woman to get married.

From : http://www.luxury-wedding.com/images/2014/01/bouquet_toss.jpg

- After the wedding ceremony, the bride and the groom are pronounced husband and wife until death do them part. People who have just got married are called newlyweds. Then, they will enjoy their honeymoon (the trip to homage they are now husband and wife).

- The husband is the man and the wife is the woman. To refer to any of them, no matter the gender, you can use the term 'spouses.'

- The bestman is the groom's best friend chosen by him. He is in charge of preparing the stag party or stag night (the party with all the groom's male friends to celebrate his last days as a single man). 

- The maid of honour is the bride's best female friend. She in charge of organising the hens' party or hens' night. 

Expressions related to the wedding : 

- To get cold feet : When the future spouses have second thoughts or experience pre-nuptial nerves prior to the wedding. 

From : http://www.purplepanda.com.au/Idiom/get-cold-feet.aspx

- Go / walk down the  aisle : It's a metaphor. It means getting married. It refers to the march along the aisle of the church. 

From : http://www.superweddings.com/wedding-planning/walking-down-the-aisle-songs/

Well, tomorrow I'll be kind of busy, you know, getting married,  and in the next two weeks I'll be kind of busy too enjoying both my wedding and my honeymoon, which means I won't be writing for a very long time. 
See you around, sooner or later.